Chirostoma humboldtianum
Appearance
Chirostoma humboldtianum | |
---|---|
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Atheriniformes |
Family: | Atherinopsidae |
Genus: | Chirostoma |
Species: | C. humboldtianum
|
Binomial name | |
Chirostoma humboldtianum (Valenciennes, 1835)
| |
Synonyms[1] | |
|
Chirostoma humboldtianum, the shortfin silverside, is a species of neotropical silverside endemic to Mexico. It reaches a maximum length of around 20 cm.[1] This species was described as Atherina humboldtiana by Achille Valenciennes in 1835 with a type locality of "Mexico".[2] Valenciennes gave it its specific name in honour of the Prussian explorer Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859).[3]
References
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Chirostoma humboldtianum". FishBase. April 2019 version.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Atherina humboldtiana". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (1 January 2019). "Order ATHERINIFORMES: Families ATHERINOPSIDAE, ATHERINIDAE and ATHERIONIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 22 June 2019.